bug#57562: [PATCH] * lisp/emacs-lisp/comp.el (comp-run-async-workers): Fail more gracefully

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: 57562@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2022 11:27:31 -0400
> 
> > I have trouble seeing the actual change amongst unrelated whitespace
> > changes.  Please show a patch with the minimal necessary change,
> > without all the reformatting.  Emacs 28.2 is so close to a release
> > that playing whitespace and formatting games is not appropriate there.
> 
> BTW, it might be worth checking with the Debian maintainers to make sure
> we fix the problem they bumped into while preparing the `emacs` package
> for 28.1 before we release 28.2.
> 
> I think they also found serious problems when you use a build with native
> compilation enabled but where the `.el` files are missing (which is not
> the "recommended" situation in Debian, but is quite common).

It's too bad they don't report these issues back when they are
discovered.  Emacs 28.1 was released 5 months ago!  From my POV, Emacs
28.2 is ready to be released in a matter of days, and waiting for
Debian to report and then waiting more to resolve those issues is not
my idea of fun.